Go to one of the cantinas listed in the objective, look around once you're in the cantina there should be a wall panel visible somewhere that will summon the mouse droid. Then you do the same things you did in the initial quest on the capital planets.

But she wasn't missing, you could recruit her as a Smuggler or a Bounty Hunter all the way back in 5.9 update. They only made her available for all this time around because they found a reason to bring her back. The fact they brought Torian back despite him being dead in some people's playthroughs is further proof, in my opinion, that the developers are quite willing to bring old companions back if their presence in the story makes sense. To keep this a bit on topic, I don't think any of us who would love to see Zenith back are expecting some major story involvement. Personally, I'd be more than happy if we got something similar to what Akaavi or Torian are getting. That's true and I think they're doing a pretty good job at that. At least as far as Torian is concerned as he's one of those companions whose survival depends on players choices. This doesn't really apply to Zenith though, as he's alive and seemingly willing to work with Republic characters.

Exactly! Slow burns are so good and it works very well with Zenith. As you said, all we can hope for is that he comes back someday and we get a little bit more to build on his romance with the Consular. I see. This for sure leaves an opportunity open to bring him back for the Republic side characters. 🤔 I don't see why not? Akaavi and Torian had been getting bits of new content fairly recently. Seems like the opposite to me. If there's a way to include og companions in a way it's related to the story somehow, Broadsword seem willing to do it.

Yess well said! It's certainly not the easiest thing having to let go of old habits when Balmorra is freed, but as you said, he tries. And him slowly letting his guard down and growing to trust the Consular was indeed very heartwarming, especially given his past and the understandable reason why he was so guarded, but the Consular managed to chip away at the wall Zenith built around himself. His reunion scene really was so so good. Probably my favorite. It was so heartfelt and sweet. 🥲 Although I would have really liked if he was a romance option during the class story, it makes sense why flirting with him is only available when he returns. Zenith needed time to heal. It's only a shame that the flirt option that was added goes nowhere. Hopefully, in the future they'll add something more. I only caught up with the latest story on my Empire side character, but I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong) that Zenith leaves an opportunity open for working with the Republic side characters so it's not like he'd have to be Consular exclusive.

You are certainly not alone! There are more of us out there. I was happy to see this as well as the other thread that was linked earlier on the forums. I think Zenith is one of the more underappreciated and interesting characters in the game. What I really liked about him and was also a little annoyed when people characterized him as some unhinged loose cannon with an itchy trigger finger is that there's more to him than meets the eye. Zenith consistently approves of Consular helping people. Yes, he's completely anti-empire but they were oppressing the people of Balmorra. He has a hard time letting go of the old tactics that helped him survive in the war, but he's not as violent as I've seen some people make him out to be. Also, +1 to his romance hopefully getting continuation someday. 🥺

My apologies for necro'ing the thread, but a fellow Zenith fan reporting in! He is hands down one of my favorite companions in the game. I played as female Consular and was a little disappointed that he wasn't a romance option. The re-union scene was really well done and surprisingly heartfelt. It was nice to see him let his guard down and there was finally a flirt option. Yay! It's probably unlikely to happen, but I hope that we'll get to see Zenith again someday and get an option to commit to a relationship with him because at the moment that flirt option doesn't go anywhere.

Personally, I prefer to run around with companions who have some level of interaction with the story, but I understand why some like GS ones. People who craft in particular as it's easier to max GS companions approval. While it's too early to tell how this season's story will play out, I think it's a refreshing change and perhaps in the future seasons they could do something like introducing a story featuring a re-occurring character who you'd have an option to recruit as a companion at the end of it? That way a companion wouldn't be forced on people who don't want them, but people who like GS companions could get one.